Religion & Law

Colorado Groups to Submit Another "Personhood" Initiative
The Gazette (Colorado Springs): Groups to make another try for 'personhood' measure, by Mark Barna: Two anti-abortion groups, Colorado Right to Life and Personhood USA, will submit a new "personhood" initiative to the Colorado Legislative Council on Thursday in hopes...

Embryonic and Fetal Personhood Amendment to be on Colorado Ballot in November
The Cypress Times: Personhood Certified to be on Colorado Ballot: DENVER - The Colorado Personhood Amendment?s signatures have been certified, and the Personhood Amendment will be on the Colorado ballot in November...

El-Masri asks OAS rights court to condemn CIA rendiiton
[JURIST] Khaled El-Masri [JURIST news archive], the German citizen allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in 2003, petitioned [PDF complaint; press release] the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) [official website] Wednesday alleging he was tortured by the CIA...

Mexican firearms laws--translation:
Here's a new project to utilize the immense collective mind of VC readers: an English translation of the Mexican firearms statute. The Mexican law, in Spanish, is here. My translation...

Does Not Compute
Two headlines from the Houston Chronicle that just don’t add up when put next to each other. Mexican officials outline ambitious plan to fight crime Mexican police chief slain a day after taking job On the same day that Mexican prosecutors get together to come up with a new anti-crime plan, the Chief of Police for Ciudad Juarez [...

Chiesa on Personhood & Victimhood
Luis E. Chiesa (Pace University School of Law) has posted Of Persons and the Criminal Law: (Second Tier) Personhood as a Prerequisite for Victimhood on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article examines the implications of the Michael Vick case...

Bainbridge, et al. on Citizens United and Corporate Personhood
For those interested in the corporate personhood issue, Professor Bainbridge has several posts on the matter: Citizens United v FEC: The First Amendment Rights of Corporate ?Persons? Citizens United, Corporate Personhood, and Nexus of Contracts Theory Citizens United v...

Dagan: Itemizing Personhood
Tsilly Dagan (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) has posted Itemizing Personhood on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that tax law has a significant role in the design of non-market interactions...

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Hurricane Ike
Gulf Coast Residents Fight for Compensation

Mexican Style Soft Cheese Recalled
Mexican Style Soft Cheese Recalled due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

Mexican Vanilla Containing Coumarin
, FDA Issues Consumer Update

US Government
alleging land surveyors should not be allowed on private property to build a US Mexican border wall.